A few of my favorite homemade ideas for this WEEK!

Here are some sweet homemade ideas for your last minute craft or bake-a-thon!

This is from Hostess with the Mostess blog. If I had more time I would totally do this…guess ya know what I'm thinking about baking for next year:)

Super cute ornament for all ya'll baking addicts:) See how they glitter at Prudent Bay.

Too simple but oh so sweet! Again, if I only had time….try it at eighteen 25 blog.

Lucky number 7

Yay, 7 months down! How many more to go? Well, I am officially in my third trimester and feeling not too shabby. Today, I had my monthly doctor's appointment and one of the nurses said, "You sure are all baby." I guess those extra seventeen pounds that I have gained are all going to baby G's muscles! Now it's crunch time. No more messin' around! I need to get down to business!! We have finally finished the baby shower invites. Next, on the agenda is to finish painting, crafting and ordering all the the details for the baby shower decorations. Oh ya, and we need to finish painting the trim, order the interior shutters, pick out a rug and install a closet organization system for the nursery. Jeez Louise, I…I mean Mr. G (hehehe) has a ton of things on his plate. Well, here is how I look before all the madness begins.
(p.s. don't mind all the blurriness; I'm practicing and trying to figure out how to use my new wide angle lens)

Eggplant= 25 to 28 months

Me at 7 months!

The invitations!:)

Gotta show the envelope:)

'Tis the Season to CRAFT...

Fa la la, la la, la la la la! I already feel overwhelmed just thinking about all the crafty decor and presents I want to make this Christmas. Here is my craft Christmas list:

changing the wall frame's scrap booking paper to match our new living room color- check

baby shower invites

glittering up our Christmas cards

cutting and sewing 25 felts stockings for my little rug rats

making an ornament or sweet treat for my co-workers

dazzling up my indoor holiday decor 

sewing some stocking stuffers for the family

...and I need to start and finish all of these projects before Mr. G and I go on Christmas break. HELP! Well as long as I continue to find inspiration by DVRing the Martha Stewart show, browsing through my old MS mags and always keeping up to date with my favorite blogs and a few new ones, I'll be alright. Here are some new crazy crafty blogs that I stubbled upon. Check out their creations! Fantabulous:)

These gorgeous glitter trees are from the eighteen25 blog. 

Here are similar glitter trees in a more traditional color by, I heart nap time.

Thank you to my bf Lisett, for introducing me to scrap booking our first year in college. Ever since then I can't find enough uses for this darn cute paper. I had these frames up in our kitchen nook for the past couple of years. Then we needed a change in our living room. So Mr. G painted and I recycled these frames to fit our new gray/blue & black/white living area. This is the before picture and below is the after.

Here is the "after." I love it! So for all my fam and friends, yes this is our new living room color with black and white accents.

Here is the next project that I must complete by this weekend-baby shower invites. Of course I am using scrap booking paper, card stock, Paper Source envelopes, a rubber stamp from Etsy and some embossing materials. 

Our 2010 Christmas card -check

I'm so excited because I just placed an order for this year's Christmas cards! Ekkk, I can't wait to get them in the mail. Right now I am obsessed with ordering online. I've been ordering tons of stuff for the baby's room and baby shower. I just love the way it feels when you get home and there is a surprise waiting in the mailbox. It's almost like a mini-Christmas each day.

Peppermint Pink Christmas Card

Get custom photo Christmas cards online at Shutterfly.com.

View the entire collection of cards.

We give THANKS

Thanksgiving 2010 was held at our home. We had a full house filled with family and friends. This year we gave thanks for many things; but the most precious of them all is the new life growing in my belly!

Our feast started with these organic tomatoes from my new little garden.

The heavyweight that came to get knocked out:)

Place cards that later turned into the leaves for our Thanksgiving tree.

 Our new Thanksgiving tradition: We wrote what we were thankful for on the back of our place cards and then hung them up on our thanksgiving tree. I think its too easy not to do something like this. Here is what I used: 

-an old vase

-branches I found on our daily walk

-fall colored card stock

-embroidery thread

I am thankful for the new life in my tummy, our health and family & friends!

Our tootsie pose:)

I especially give thanks for this guy!

Pretty in Pink

Not only is my mom's favorite color pink but she also loves the movie "Pretty in Pink." That's why it's a perfect reason to accessorize her 46th birthday, from head to toe, in PINK! Happy Birthday Madre Mia:)

46 mini cup cakes to be exact!

Pandora-a prefect present to give to the sweetest mommy:)

Friends and Baby Bumps

Just thought I'd share some pictures of my cute sorority sister and I with our baby bumps. My friend Karen, pregnant momma to be, and Valerie, my sorority 'lil sis, are best friends. Luckily for us, Val is an ultrasound techy girl and can get some pretty awesome pictures of our baby boy and Karen's baby girl. I feel blessed to have such sweet friends to share these special moments with. Thanks girlies!

 

Our kiddies first kiss:)

XOXO

My oh-so-cute and talented lil sis! Val was also the first one to reveal the baby's gender! Love ya girl:)

Before the careers, weddings and baby bumps:)

Sanrio's 50th Year Anniversary

This month, my sisters, mom and I had the best opportunity of the year. We were able to go act like kids again at Hello Kitty and Sanrio's 50th year anniversary celebration. It was held at the Santa Monica Airport. We were literally like kids in a candy shop, but this candy was made of red bows and white fur.  At the Sanrio pop-up tour there was everything from mini-carnival games to an art exhibition. We really adored every little bit of this experience except the two-hour wait to get into the pop-up gift store. I guess it was kind of worth it because we were able to buy the most unique Hello Kitty gifts.

This is Sephora's new and upcoming collection-can't wait!

Is this cool or what? 

Trimester 2

For the last month I've been feeling pretty prego. It's not like I wasn't "feeling" pregnant before, I just didn't look as pregnant, I guess. I felt like my stomach looked like I had drank a little too much...if you know what I mean.:) Well, now I am officially in my 6th month (week 24) which makes me in the last month of Trimester number two! AHHHH! I heard trimester 3 is when you get completely wiped out, fatigued, bloated and HUGE. I think this calls for a shopping day...he he he!

This is me at month 6 comin' at ya!

Week 24 = Papaya

Charm and Scott

...And they lived happily ever after. These were the words that seem to fit so perfectly at my friends', Charm and Scotty, wedding and I know will also be true for their marriage. This special occasion for these love birds was held on October 23, 2010 in Las Vegas Nevada. No, it wasn't anything remotely close to a shotgun wedding but just the opposite. They said their vows in a Catholic church, which was immediately followed by a very appetizing luncheon at Boarder Grill inside the Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort. Later in the evening, drinks and desserts overflowed in their luxury suite. My oh so creative friend Charm thought out every detail from the cutest flags (instead of rice) at the ceremony to making her own cake pops at the dessert bar. I not only loved being apart of their romantic getaway wedding but had too much fun snapping some shots. Here are a few of my favs!

The flags were in place of throwing rice...too cute. They had different embossed sayings and pictures like LOVE, Mr. & Mrs...etc.

These two love birds were seen everywhere....from the out-of-town bags to the modern 3 layer cake.

Scotty and Charm's cartoon picture was surrounded by candy galore.

 This has got to be my favorite detail of the whole wedding. They used an ornate birdcage to hold the wedding cards. The tree was meant for guests to place notes of love and advice.

The "adult" party favor.  :)

Doesn't this look a Chicago style pizza pie...it was the groom's cake-totally unique!

The dessert bags.

Happily ever after!